Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bowen, Everett L. March 25, 2003
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown
Everett L. Bowen, 85, of rural Belding passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at 
Spectrum Health-Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids.  He was born on September 
15, 1917 in Saranac, the son of Howard and Sable Pinkney Bowen.

Everett was a lifelong farmer, member of St. Mary Catholic Church, former 
member of the Michigan Farm Bureau and served on the Board of Education at the 
old Marble School.

He was married on November 23, 1937 in Mildred Rittersdorf and she survives 
along with their children, Ruth and Sam Lombardo of Saranac, Leo and LeeAnn 
Bowen of Saranac, Roger and Jill Bowen of Lowell, Ernest and Robin Bowen of 
Lowell, Keith Bowen of Belding and Betty and Tim White of Gowen.  Everett is 
also survived by 19 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, his brother and 
sisters, Emery and Gladys Bowen of Saranac, Donald and Joan Bowen of 
Plainwell, Elsie Moore of Saranac, Doris and Bob Harding of Kalamazoo, and 
brother and sister-in-law, Jay and Shirley Swiger of Lowell.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters and their spouses, 
Eula and Ed Sullivan, Winona and Manley Nummer, his sister Bernice Swiger, and 
a brother-in-law, Bruce Moore.

Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. Friday (please meet at the 
church) at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Belding with Father Troy A. Nevins as 
celebrant.  Interment in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery.

Visitation is Wednesday from  7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 
p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a Rosary prayed at 8:30 p.m. at Johnson-
Feuerstein Funeral Home in Belding.  Memorial contributions may be given to 
St. Mary Catholic Church or St. Joseph Catholic School.  



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